Most of us take a calendar for granted and never give much
thought into what they really are. Fundamentally, a calendar is a viewer into
commitments; typically personal but can be for groups or other resources.
Business is deeply organized around commitments. NetSuite is a powerful business
management software application designed to help organizations make and hold
commitments to be more competitive. So it is only natural that NetSuite offers a
calendar as a way to view business commitments.

NetSuite's provides for
streamlined coordination. In the most basic sense, the NetSuite calendar
functions like most other calendars, meaning it shows a view into where you hold
commitments to someone or something. For example , in the customer relationship
management (CRM) side of the application, it is about tracking promises to those
operating in Sales. Within the enterprise resource planning (ERP), it is about
remembering payments and orders.

NetSuite's calendar is focused around
three main components: events, tasks, and activities.

Events

An event has a date, start and end time, as well as information on what the event
is, who will be attending, who is invited, etc . Events can be something as
simple as a conference call where people join and participate. Or it can be a
major meeting, such as a trade show. NetSuite has powerful capacities to manage
events and the calendar offers a way for individuals to see their commitment to
the event.

Tasks

These are the to-do lists, the reminders, etc,
and usually are set as date in the future. They can be recurring tasks, such as
an action to be completed once every week or month - or they can be one time
tasks. These tasks will also show up on the calendar. If the task involves a
customer, NetSuite offers a way show their related records which naturally helps
serve them well.

Activities

These can be simple matters, such as a
phone call. For activities, you have a date, start of the activity, end of the
activity, a follow up action, and who participated. All of this information is
also seen in NetSuite's calendar, and is also a way to leverage the information
stored in the CRM.

The NetSuite calendar is simple and efficient - giving
you the basic records, dates, beginnings and endings, as well as the nature,
priority, and the parties involved. But because NetSuite stores all your
information into a combined CRM and ERP, you get all the benefits of having your
data available on the calendar when needed, without needing to jump from
multiple programs to take care of your commitments.

Khaled Mash'al, leader of the Hamas movement which won the
Palestinian elections in January 2006 gave a speech in Damascus which was
broadcast on al-Jazeera TV on February 3rd 2006. He told the European nations to
apologise to Islam because: 'Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the
world. This is not a figment of the imagination, but a fact. Tomorrow we will
lead the world, Allah willing. Apologize today, before remorse will do you no
good. Our nation is moving forwards, and it is in your interest to respect a
victorious nation. ' His speech went on to say that the first phase of the
Islamic world conquest would be the elimination of Israel and the defeat of the
West in Iraq.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad agrees. He said in
Iran's holy city of Qom on 5th January, 'We must believe in the fact that Islam
is not confined to geographical borders, ethnic groups and nations. It's a
universal ideology that leads the world to justice. ' He believes his main
mission is to 'pave the path for the glorious reappearance of Imam Mahdi, may
Allah hasten his reappearance. ' According to Shiites, the 12th imam disappeared
as a child in the year 941. They believe he will return and be known as the
'Mahdi' and reign on earth for seven years, before bringing about a final
judgment and the end of the world.

At the same time the entire Islamic
world has been roused to fury over cartoons printed in a Danish newspaper. We
have evidence (available on request) which shows how the cartoons row has been
cleverly manipulated by Islamic radicals with the aim of uniting Muslims against
the West in order to create submission to Islamic demands and to defend Iran and
Syria against censure from the UN. It is not a co-incidence that Denmark is set
to assume the rotating presidency of the U. N. Security Council -- at the very
time that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to refer
Iran to the Security Council and demand sanctions. At the same time the Security
Council wants to question Syria and the regime of President Assad about the
murder of Lebanese President Hariri. To portray Denmark as 'an enemy of the
Prophet' would be helpful to the Islamic world in creating the idea that all
censure of Muslim countries is part of an anti-Islamic western
conspiracy.

In the UK, Islamic leaders are using the cartoons controversy
to put pressure on the government to limit what can be said in the press about
Mohammed. Patrick Sookdheo of the Barnabas Fund comments on this, 'If we pass
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specifically to protect Mohammed, I fear it could prove to be the thin end of
the wedge. From self-imposed censorship we could soon move to more serious
situations. In Pakistan there has been a mandatory death sentence since 1991 for
'defiling the name' of Mohammed. ' He goes on to show how the Muslim Action
Committee is using the cartoons furore to reverse the defeat suffered by the
Muslims when the House of Commons unexpectedly voted to pass the Racial and
Religious Hatred Bill in a form which does not provide the protection for
Muslims which the government had intended.